Guelph

English

Alternative forms

• Guelf

Etymology

Italian guelfo, from Middle High German Welf, name of a Bavarian dynasty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡwɛlf/

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Noun

Guelph (plural Guelphs)

1. (historical) A member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the Pope in a long struggle against the Ghibellines and the German emperors.

Derived terms

• Guelphic

Translations

member of a medieval Italian faction that supported the Pope

• Arabic: غولف m
• Azerbaijani: qvelf
• Basque: Guelfo
• Belarusian: гве́льф m (hvjélʹf)
• Breton: Gwelf m
• Bulgarian: гвелф m (gvelf)
• Catalan: güelf m, güelfa f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 歸爾甫／归尔甫, 归尔甫 (guīěrfǔ)

• Czech: guelf m
• Danish: guelf c, welf c
• Esperanto: Gelfo
• Estonian: gvelf (et)
• Finnish: guelfi (fi)
• French: guelfe (fr) m or f, Guelfe m or f
• Georgian: გველფ (gvelp)
• German: Guelfe (de) m, Welfe (de) m
• Greek: Γουέλφος m (Gouélfos)
• Hebrew: גואלפ m
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• Hungarian: guelf
• Icelandic: gvelf m
• Ido: guelfo (io)
• Indonesian: Guelf
• Italian: guelfo (it) m, guelfa f
• Japanese: 教皇派 (きょうこうは, kyōkōha), ゲルフ (gerufu)
• Korean: 구엘프 (guelpeu)
• Norwegian: guelf m
• Polish: gwelf (pl) m
• Portuguese: guelfo m, guelfa f
• Russian: гве́льф (ru) m (gvélʹf)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гве̏лфи m pl

  Roman: gvȅlfi (sh) m pl

• Slovene: gvelf m
• Spanish: güelfo m, güelfa f
• Thai: เกลฟ์ (glee)
• Ukrainian: ґве́льф m (gvélʹf)

Proper noun

Guelph

1. A city in Ontario, Canada, which is the county seat of Wellington County.

Anagrams

• gulphe, pleugh